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Into the breach stepped brisk, friendly Benjamin G. Bushong, dairy farmer, cemetery owner, and chief red-tape cutter of the 226-year-old pacifist Church of the Brethren ("Dunkers" - because they practice baptism by total immersion). For months Dunker Bushong had been pushing his church's own overseas relief program (TIME, July 24, 1944), only to strike a snag. City Dunkers had raised money for calves and feed. Country Dunkers had fed and fattened the animals into fine bulls and heifers. The Dunkers had the cattle but they had no ships...
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Earned runs - Worcesters, 5; Harvards, 5. Two-base hits - Mann (2), Nichols, Bean, Lovering (2). Three-base hits - Mann, Bean. First base on balls - Cogswell (3), Evans (2), Creamer, Irwin. First base on errors - Worcesters, 2; Harvard, 5. Struck out-Creamer, Hall (3), Burt, Olmsted, Nichols. Passed balls - Bushong, 1; Nichols, 1. Wild pitches - Richmond, 1; Bean, 6. Time - 2h. 40m. Umpire - Bond...